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Get ready for the Summer Spin-In! Wash and card fiber, spin yarn, knit with handspun. It all starts Monday, May 25. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com.\xa0 Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page.

Marsha\u2019s Projects:

I cast on Summer Fjord by Trin-Annelie using Quince & Co Sparrow in three colors. Kelly and our friend Janis both have yarn to cast this on, too. We got it last summer in the clearance bin at Tolt.\xa0

I\u2019m working on foot of first Arne & Carlos sock. These ultra bright socks are for my brother, Mark.

I recently picked up a Simple Shawl by Jane Hunter that I started March 2018! Using Michael\u2019s CWD in San Francisco Fog, to put it back in the knitting rotation, but I haven\u2019t made much progress since the last episode. This will probably stay on the back burner for awhile since I am swatching with Elemental Affects Cormo for the Holey Comfort cardigan by Hinterm Stein\xa0

Kelly\u2019s Projects

I\u2019m still working on the handspun\xa0 Babydoll Southdown socks. I\u2019m not really enjoying the feel of the yarn, though. It\u2019s a good workhorse yarn and the gauge is nice and tight for a hard wearing sock. It\u2019s 100% wool--no nylon, silk or mohair for added strength, so that\u2019s good. But the fabric doesn\u2019t have the bounce of the yarn as I knit it.\xa0

I finished plying the Fleeber\u2019s Farm Tasmanian Comeback. Light brown wool overdyed with red-orange. It\u2019s 210 yards and 129 grams. That sounds like a heavier weight than worsted but it also feels like a heavier fiber--more like a longwool.\xa0

I started spinning a brown targhee lamb fleece that I had carded and ready to go in the stash. I\u2019ve spun about 1000 yards of a 3 ply (DK to worsted). It was two boxes of carded batts. Now I have to card more of this fleece to get enough for a sweater. I\u2019m thinking of knitting The Grandpa Cardigan by Joji Locateli . Also a possibility, but not quite as high on the list is\xa0 Que Sera by Kirsten Kapur.\xa0 This spinning (and now carding) project is really inspiring me for the Summer Spin-In.\xa0

Show us your pattern!

This giveaway is closing June 4th! How do you use your patterns and how do you store them?\xa0 Check out the Ravelry group to participate in the thread. We will be drawing winners on June 4th for some beautiful Duren Dyeworks worsted weight skeins.\xa0

Summer Spin-In

Starting on Memorial Day (celebrated this year on May 25 in the US) we will have a Summer Spin-In. Join in the chat thread and show off your finished projects in the FO
threads. We will also include a thread for knitting with handspun. So non-spinners can be included, too.\xa0\xa0

Other News

Kelly is doing an online dog training class with Fenzi Dog Sports and one of the things she is learning is how to do shaping with Bailey. This video shows a dog that is already skilled at figuring out a shaping training session learning how to do the shaped skill of putting two feet into a box.\xa0